Grammy time...

For the first time in like 3 or 4 years, if not longer, I watched most of the Grammy Awards. The show has changed a lot since I watched it last. It's more focused on performances than awards now. Most of the awards are announced ahead of time so you're forced to just look at the final list to see all of the winners. Lame.

As far as the performances that I saw, there were good ones and bad ones.
The best:

Pink
Black Eyed Peas
Lady GaGa and Elton John

The worst:

Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks (by far the worst, holy shit)
Beyonce
Zac Brown Band (booooooring)


The Michael Jackson tribute wasn't too bad. The fact that it was discolored and fuzzy as hell for those without 3D glasses was pretty retarded, in my opinion. Celine Dion still has it, Usher was oversinging and out of key, Carrie Underwood killed it, Smokey Robinson did what he does, and Jennifer Hudson oversang it. Then again, she oversings everything. I will admit that seeing Beyonce jamming out in her 3D glasses made me laugh.
The thing that shocked me the most was seeing Jackson's kids, Prince and Paris, without masks. We saw them at the televised funeral without them but it's still shocking. They seem well mannered, well spoken, and educated. No doubt the stumbling was nerves. They're just kids, after all.

And it has to be said... What in the hell was Taylor Swift doing? That girl was so flat and out of key it wasn't even satisfying to make fun of. I wanted to hit the mute button so many times. Stevie Nicks still sounds like a goat and didn't compliment Taylor at all. That combination was a huge mistake. I'm no Taylor Swift fan but her performance on the VMAs was a lot better. This performance was embarrassing.

Beyonce was overhyped yet again. Her short cover of Alanis Morissette made me angry. She didn't even do a good job. Stick to being Sasha Fierce, honey.

Pink was amazing, as always. She always finds a way to take it to the next level and it always works.

The Black Eyed Peas did a good job, too. They are still weird and their dancers looked like Bib Fortuna from Star Wars, or as my dad put it "the dancing red vaginas." The dancing stereos were fun, though. As a result I have resorted to singing "I Gotta Feeling" yet again.

Lady GaGa should have picked a different song, but it still worked. She and Elton John complimented each other via sparkles and piano. I enjoyed it. I don't really get why "Pokerface" was her big nomination. I think it's one of her weaker songs. I would have gone with "Paparazzi."



I stopped watching after Jay-Z and Rihanna accepted their award, so I missed the Eminem performance and all that. I got bored. Plain and simple.